In middle and high school, I’d have an argument each year with my dad about the Christmas candles in my bedroom window. My room was on the front of the house and was supposed to have two sets of three of those plastic candles in the window. The problem was, all those little light bulbs in my window annoyed me and kept me awake, so I’d unplug them when I went to bed. My dad said it ruined the…

When I was a kid, we’d always decorate the Christmas tree with candy canes. Other things, too, of course, but we always put up a box of candy canes and tried really hard to wait until after Christmas to eat them. In Hawaii, mints, candy canes, cough drops, gum, and basically everything else has a tendency to turn gooey and mushy after a while. (Depending on the weather and humidity, sometimes a…

Nails of the Week: Dark Holly-Green Sparkle

It's been ages since I did a nail post but since it's the festive season, I figured it would be nice to do frosty evergreen tips since it's easy to do and makes SO much impact. 

All you need is a dark green polish (or any color you want), repositionable glue from the craft store (the kind that dries tacky) and a loose pigment shadow.

A few tips:

A pale shimmer on top of a dark polish looks most dramatic.

A duochrome shimmer is more interesting but ANY shimmery loose shadow you have works.

Sparkles show up more dramatically against creme polishes; they blend into shimmery/metallic polishes.

Before using the repositionable glue, dilute it with a little bit of water so it's not too thick.

If you don't have a disposable nail polish bottle, just use a small paint brush from the art store.

Translucent interference pigments like MAC's Reflecks Transparent Pink, Transparent Teal, etc are the best.

Items used:

Orly Bonder base coat

Make Up Store Erik varnish - black green creme

Seche Vite Quick Dry Topcoat

Mod Podge Repositionable Glue